But the former Disney Channel star tells MTV News that her Spider-Man character is "100 percent Michelle" — and not Mary Jane. "My character is 100 percent Michelle," she told MTV News correspondents Gaby Wilson and Josh Horowitz at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. "That's her name. I promise you I'm not lying."

Zendaya went on to describe Michelle as "weird and interesting and cool," a character who "says weird things at the wrong times." Her dry and awkward sense of humor is exactly why the actress thinks people will like Michelle as a character. "She's like my spirit animal," she said. "[She's] how I feel on the inside."